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OCT. 3, 2008 corrected copy:NWLP 9/30/08 12:04 PM Page 5 Union Sportsmen’s Alliance sponsors NASCAR giveaway Buck hunting season starts Oct. 4 in Oregon, and as attention turns to hunting, union members have a new reason to join Union Sportsmen’s Al- liance — a union hunting and fishing group. On Oct. 17, one randomly-selected member will be given a weekend for two of NASCAR racing at Texas Mo- tor Speedway. The trip is sponsored by the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and Beretta-USA, and includes air- fare, three nights lodging, two tickets to the fall 2008 Texas Motor Speed- way races, plus VIP passes to the Beretta private suite and pit passes, and a brand-new U.S.-made Beretta American Citizen shotgun. The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance was formed last year as a project of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) for conservation- minded union members, retirees and their families who hunt, fish and ap- preciate the outdoors. Members of AFL-CIO affiliated unions and their families can join online at www.UnionSportsmen.org or by phone at 1-877-USA-2211. Thus far the group has 6,000 mem- bers nationwide, including 58 in Ore- gon and 146 in Washington. For dues of $25 a year, members get discounts on outdoor gear and services; a year’s subscription to Pe- tersen’s Hunting, In-Fisherman, or Guns & Ammo magazine; full access to MyTopo.com; and a $25 gift certifi- cate for Beretta field gear. Members also can access the members-only portion of UnionSportsmen.org, where they can buy, sell, and trade gear and share tips on techniques and spots to hunt and fish. And member- IN MEMORIAM Nick J. Mikatich, a union activist from Pueblo, Colorado, died Sept. 11 of pancreatic cancer. He was 65. “Big Nick,” as Mikatich was known, was a familiar figure to many in the Portland labor community for his efforts as a “road warrior” during a six-year-long United Steel Workers labor dispute at Colorado Fuel & Iron — a subsidiary of Portland-based Oregon Iron Works. Mikatich spent 39 years at the rail plant in Pueblo as a machine operator and rank-and-file union member. He and 1,100 co-workers went out on an unfair labor practice strike in October 1997; three months later, it became a lockout after the company refused an unconditional offer of reinstatement. Mikatich joined one of several teams of workers that travelled the country drumming up support for the Q strike. He spent a lot of time in Port- land, where the company was head- quartered. When the labor dispute ended in 2004, the company agreed to full rein- statement of the workers, and $100 million in back pay. Instead of return- ing, Mikatich accepted an early retire- ment offer. He then went to work for the union and travelled across the country fighting for the rights of work- ers, including striking copper miners at ASARCO in Hayden, Ariz., locked- out pharmacy technicians at Medco in Las Vegas, Nev., and striking nurses at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Jersey. Mikatich is survived by his wife Kitty of Pueblo. His remains were cre- mated and interred at Roselawn Ceme- tery in Pueblo. Quest Investment Management, Inc. • Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer Serving Trusts for for Over Twenty Years Trusts Twenty Years } Cam Johnson Cam Johnson Adrian Hamilton Adrian Hamilton Doug Goebel Doug Goebel Garth Nisbet Greg Sherwood Greg Sherwood Monte Johnson Monte Johnson Bill Zenk Bill Zenk Pat Worley One SW SW Columbia Columbia St., St., Suite Portland, OR OR 97258 97258 One Suite 1100, 1100 Portland, 503-221-0158 503-221-0158 www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com OCTOBER 3, 2008 Allied Workers, and Communication Workers of America. Oct. 15 is the ship dues support the TCRP, a nonpar- tisan advocacy group that works to preserve the traditions of hunting and fishing by expanding access, preserv- ing habitat, and ensuring funding for state wildlife programs. Members are automatically enrolled in TCRP and get e-mail updates about the group’s campaigns. This year, the group helped win an “Open Fields” provision in the Farm Bill that Congress passed. That will provide $50 million in incentives over the next four years to get private landowners to allow public hunting and fishing access on their land, and requires them to utilize best manage- ment practices for fish and wildlife. Two labor leaders sit on the TRCP board — International Association of Machinists (IAM) President Thomas Buffenbarger and United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters President William Hite. And nine unions are charter members of the Union Sports- men’s Alliance: United Steelworkers of America, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, IAM, Interna- tional Association of Fire Fighters, United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters (UA), Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Interna- tional Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Roofers, Waterproofers, & deadline for joining the group to be el- igible for the NASCAR giveaway. 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